Word: hamper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...erupted with belching smoke from terrorists' grenades and bullets. At least 16 people were killed and 46 injured in disorders provoked by rival nationalist organizations. British troops put down street demonstrations with truncheons and tear gas, while the rioters threw up rock barricades across the dingy alleys to hamper them. At stake was the issue of who should rule Aden's 250,000 people when the British make their scheduled departure some time before the end of this year...
...Montgomery thought he had figured out a way to get around this, and the young Marine for whom he was called into consultation at Chelsea Naval Hospital was an ideal patient for the first operation. Lopata, 25, was essentially healthy, with no cancerous tissues to hamper healing, and a leg wound that would keep him in the hospital for weeks...
...states where the law does not hamper college health services, policies range widely. Twelve of the schools surveyed will prescribe pills to any girl, regardless of age, even if she is not engaged to be married. Thirteen more will do so if the girl is over...
Monro is also worried about the possibility of a wet field, which would hamper Harvard's short-passing attack. The team practiced a longer passing offense in the rain Wednesday...
...broad stand against HUAC at the present time. Congress can by a variety of means put serious limitations on the authority of the Federal courts, and it is suggested that by holding HUAC unconstitutional the Supreme Court would solidify Congress behind the committee while at the same time hamper its own effectiveness...